His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of college.
He is brilliant. He is kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a Christian while attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They want to develop a ministry to the students but are not sure how to go about it.
One day Bill decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes, jeans, his T-shirt, and his wild hair. The service has already started, so Bill starts down the aisle looking for a seat.
The church is completely packed and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything.
Bill gets closer and closer to the pulpit. When he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the carpet.
By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the minister realizes that from way at the back of the church, a deacon is slowly making his way toward Bill.
Now the deacon is in his eighties, has silver-gray hair, and is wearing a three-piece suit. He is a godly man — very elegant, very dignified, very courtly. He walks with a cane. As he starts walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can't blame him for what he's going to do.
How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor?
It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy.
The church is utterly silent except for the clicking of the man's cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can't even hear anyone breathing. The minister can't even preach the sermon until the deacon does what he has to do.
When the deacon finally reaches Bill, the church watches as this elderly man drops his cane on the floor. With great difficulty, he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill and worships with him so he won't be alone.
Everyone chokes up with emotion.
When the minister gains control, he says, "What I'm about to preach, you will never remember. What you have just seen, you will never forget."
"Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read."
I had some time to kill this morning so I worked through a tutorial. Here's my result.
I found the 'Kremlin' font a few days ago and was hoping for an opportunity to use it. I want to redo the header at American Descent using this font, but I haven't had time to even think about it, let alone build it. So I settled for this, although... I shouldn't say 'settled' because this actually looks nice.
The tutorial called for a different font, and a thoroughly uninspiring phrase. I added the star, and think it adds a nice touch, complimenting the theme the font suggests...
Here's a header image I produced for a contest the station is running...
This is what it looks like online...
Moving through the eastern sun
I saw you first upwind of tomorrow
Hands caressing the long tall grasses
Heart swung knells of bells you rung
For all tomorrow's sorrow
And here I am wanting, wishing too
For early morning and morning dew
Wanting and wishing only for you
I caught you in the noonward tides
Sun above, beginning to fall
Embraced you in these arms of summer
Raim'd in love and light besides
And dreams we swore, nor did forestall
Now here I am wanting, and wishing too
I'd caught you in the morning
~Made love upon the dewy dew
No more wishing, but wanting of you
The pipers in the trees
Orchestrating accompaniments
To the rhythm of our cries
Perfect echo to our sighs
Safe in long tall grasses
Away from all their prying eyes
Something really bad could happen
Were it not for our many allies
Sun falls swiftly in the sky
Shadows threshing our lover's bed
Our dewy bower in sepias warm
Where long tall grasses yet lie
Where love, life and promise wed
Yet here we still are wanting, wishing too
We could see again the morning
~Make love upon the early dew
Ever wanting and wishing for you
~You for me
Ever wanting and wishing for you and
You for me
Ever wanting and wishing forever for you
And you for me
Wishing again to be
Pipers in the trees
Orchestrating accompaniments
To the rhythm of our sighs
Perfect echo to our cries
Safe in the tall grasses
Away from all of their prying eyes
Something untoward might very well happen
Were it not for all our many allies
Here in the tall tall grass
Ever wanting or wishing for you, and
You for me
Ever wanting and wishing for you, and
You for me
Ever wanting and wishing forever for you
And you for me
Wishing again that we might be
Again
ELAshley
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I'd like to think there was a melody in my head while I wrote, but rarely is this the case. Not a particularly inspiring title. Perhaps I'll change it. But not today.
I listened to David Gray's Babylon (Live) throughout this effort which was written for Mary Angel... or rather, the ideal she represents.
If you want it
Come and get it...
Let go your heart
Let go your head
And feel it now
Revisions:
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110409.031117.6
here's one from this evening's new episode of Flash Forward. Peter Coyote, playing the President, had this to say about Congress' daily job performance:
This is Congress masturbating to the sound of its own voice.
Senator Reid... paging senator Reid..."
But then, this isn't an image I want of milquetoast Harry Reid.
Ick!
Here's proof that not everything which comes from the Huffington Post is toilet tissue
0 comments Posted by Eric at 4:24 PMIn Praise Of Slow Sex, by Carl Honore.
Every now and then some insightful truths gets published.
[Interactive Site]
Click the link above the image to go to the interactive site. Once there you can mouse over the various persons in the painting and read the descriptions as to who they are and what they represent. America has lost sight of who she is. This painting represents, to my mind at least, who she was and where she now is.
Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Christian. Christ Jesus is my Lord, Savior, and God. And whether you believe it or not this nation was founded upon Godly principles; a house built upon a rock. But no more.
Could get back to that time? It is possible, but is it likely?
Needs to include compassion. What was it Paul said (and forgive my taking him tangentially out of context here)? "All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient"? I mean to say, food production-- while necessary --creates unnecessary, and even callous waste of life.
A shout-out to Dan, and anyone else who'll listen.
This is the result of Dan's "Hyperconsumerism", and to this extent I agree 100,000%. This is absolutely disgusting. And it is evidence like this that continues to push me closer and closer to becoming a Vegan.
[hat tip to BenT for the video link]
--Joel C. Rosenberg, Monday, September 28, 2009
Events are moving so quickly in the epicenter it can be difficult to keep track of, much less understand the big picture. So here it is in a sentence: An apocalyptic storm is forming over the Middle East.
Consider the data points:
- Iran has just been caught secretly building a 2nd uranium enrichment facility on a military base in the religious capital of Iran, a city known as Qom;
- A growing number of Western military analysts say the design of this new facility - and its secrecy, and location - clearly indicates it was being built by Iran for the purpose of creating nuclear weapons;
- Iran has thus been caught in its third lie since 2002 with regards to building secret nuclear development facilities in Natanz, Arak, and now Qom;
- Ahmadinejad refused four times during his NBC News interview last week to rule out the building of nuclear weapons;
- A.Q. Khan - the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons development program – has just admitted selling advanced nuclear weapons blueprints years ago to Iran for millions of dollars;
- The latest IAEA report indicates Iran has enough low-enriched uranium (LEU) to produce enough high-enriched uranium (HEU) by 2010 to produce two nuclear weapons;
- Iran has just spent the weekend testing "its most advanced missiles" capable of reaching Israel;
- Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his speech to the U.N. by praying for Allah to hasten the coming of the Islamic Messiah, which according to his theology requires the destruction of Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it;
- Ahmadinejad spoke more openly about his End of the World theology during his U.N. speech than ever before;
- Ahmadinejad was asked for the first time by an American reporter to describe his relationship with the "Twelfth Imam" and admitted on camera that he is communicating with this mystical Shia messiah.
Humanly speaking, war is coming. The West does not seem determined enough to stop Iran from getting the Bomb. So unless the Lord intervenes, Israel might soon feel compelled to launch a preemptive strike against Iran. It won't be easy, and the entire region could go up in flames.
The stakes couldn't be higher. So on this day of Yom Kippur, let us commit ourselves to prayer and fasting for the peace of Jerusalem and the physical and spiritual salvation of all of Israel and all of Iran.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. --Matthew 6:10
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. --Revelation 22:20
Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.
Update:
Here's the music, and below that, for those guitarists out there, is the tablature. I think it's right... I'll know at lunchtime.
E|-3--0-----0--3--0-----3-|--0----3---------3--|
B|-------------------1----|-------5------------|
G|-------2----------------|--2----2----2-------|
D|------------------------|--3-----------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------|
,
E|--0------------3--|--0-------3----3----3--|
B|--1-------1-------|-----1---------1----1--|
G|-----2---------2--|----------2------------|
D|----------3-------|--3--------------------|
A|------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------0----3----0--|
B|-----------------1--|
G|--2-----------------|
D|--3-----------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|(The comma above the third measure denotes a 1/4 rest)
There's no bass line on this, but I imagine you pros can easily add one in.